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[quote=Anonymous]My mom gave me such a hard time about my looks and my weight I still haven’t recovered my self esteem as a married adult who is always told she is beautiful - even by strangers just walking down the street. I just don’t see it or believe it. 
Teenage years are tough. You magnify all the negatives and if the person who loves you most  in the world confirms that or fails to affirm you it can affect the rest of your life. 
I see women across the spectrum of looks who are so confident in themselves that I envy them. They believe they are beautiful, and not all obnoxiously, and it’s great. 
Looks aren’t everything. I don’t think about it very much anymore now  that I’m in my late 40s.  I make the  best of what I have without the aim of looking beautiful-just ok. 
I had a miserable time as a teen up to my 30s wanting to hide my hideousness-ugh. I made terrible (abusive) relationship choices because I believed, and unfortunately still do,  that no one else would want me. In a stinky abusive marriage. 
Please your sons and daughters that they are beautiful and that they deserve to be treated with respect.
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